Life Aches: In and Out of the Fishbowl
Life Aches: In and Out of the Fishbowl

Author: Tim Toterhi

Publisher: Plotline Leadership

Published: 2020-09-27

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 099684855X

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Sometimes it takes a little magic to mend a broken heart. Thomas Fenelli used to be a winner. Then he hit bottom and kept digging. His best friend’s a fish. His brother’s a philandering bully. And he’s haunted by a girl who ghosted him. He’s lost his career, his self-respect, and all hope of maintaining his sanity. He’s about to give up on life when he meets Noelia, a Spanish beauty who exists only within the walls of the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum in New Rochelle, New York. She leaps from the paintings and into his heart, restoring his self-confidence and teaching him how to move forward. When Noelia’s museum is marked for demolition, her existence is threatened. Now Thomas must struggle to rebuild his life while rescuing the spirit who saved him from himself.

Whale in a Fishbowl
Whale in a Fishbowl

Author: Troy Howell

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade

Published: 2018-05-22

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 1524715182

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A moving, poetic story about a whale in captivity who longs for the ocean . . . because whales don't belong in fishbowls, do they? Wednesday is a whale who lives in a fishbowl smack dab in the middle of a city--it's the only home she's ever known. Cars whizz around her and people hurry past; even the sun and moon circle above. But if she leaps high enough out of her bowl, Wednesday can see it: a calm bit of blue off in the distance. When a girl in a paisley dress tells Wednesday "You belong in the sea," the whale starts to wonder, what is the sea? Readers will cheer--and get all choked up-- when, one day, Wednesday leaps higher than ever before and sets in motion a breathtaking chain of events that will carry her to her rightful home. Touching, and ultimately uplifting, here is a story about a lonely creature longing to be free--and longing to find someone just like her. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018! A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018!

Surviving the Fishbowl
Surviving the Fishbowl

Author: Catherine Stewart

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books

Published: 2021-02-27

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1601788355

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Pastors’ kids have it hard, feeling the weight of undue expectations and the observing world around them. In Surviving the Fishbowl, Catherine J. Stewart assembles an experienced group of authors to give advice for those feeling the pressure of life lived in the scrutinized house of a minister. With contributions from pastors and their wives, as well as from former pastors’ kids, this book gives sage advice for those navigating difficult waters. Whether you are pastor’s kid struggling to understanding your identity, dealing with troubling social pressures, or just wishing you could escape it all, read this book and see that these trying days are survivable and even attended with blessings you may not have considered before. Table of Contents: Foreword by David Strain Part 1: Laying the Foundation 1. Identity Crisis: PK or Child of the King?—Jasmine Holmes 2. Expectations: Who Sets the Standard?—Megan Hill 3. Count Your Blessings: Enjoying the Benefits of Being a PK—Joel and Mary Beeke 4. Friendships: The Glorious Gift of Extended Family—Terry and Emily Johnson 5. Loving the Church: Pressing on Through Family Highs and Lows—Tom and Donna Ascol Part 2: Sharks in the Bowl 6. Criticism: The Godly Response—Mike and Mae Milton 7. Loneliness: Choice or Inevitability?—Amanda Martin 8. Cultural Change: Adapting to New Surroundings—Carl and Catriona Trueman 9. Depression: The Dark Night of the Soul—Neil and Catherine Stewart 10. Rebel PK: The One that Got Away (Almost)—Ike Reeder 11. Financial Crisis: High Calling with a High Price—Daniel Wakefield

Alice's Island
Alice's Island

Author: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

Publisher: Atria Books

Published: 2019-04-16

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 150117195X

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A happily married woman's perfect life shatters when her husband turns up dead hundreds of miles away from where he should have been, and she suddenly discovers that there was a part of him she knew nothing about. Alice Dupont’s perfect marriage was a perfect lie. When her husband, Chris, dies in a car accident, far from where he should have been, Alice’s life falls apart. After the police close the case, she is left with more questions than answers. While learning to cope with her loss and her new identity as a single mother of two, Alice becomes obsessed with unraveling the mystery surrounding her husband’s death and decides to start her own investigation. Retracing her husband's last known whereabouts, she soon discovers clues that lead her to a small island near Nantucket. As she insinuates herself into the lives of the island’s inhabitants in an effort to discover what they knew about her husband, Alice finds herself increasingly involved in their private lives and comes to a disturbing realization: she has been transformed into a person she no longer recognizes. In seeking an answer to what her husband was doing before he died, Alice discovers not only a side of him she never knew, but sides of her own character she has never explored. Part mystery, part moving family drama, part psychological page-turner, Alice’s Island is a novel whose vivid characters hold the reader rapt right up until the final page.

My Sister Life
My Sister Life

Author: Maria Flook

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2011-07-13

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 0307795004

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When Maria Flook's fourteen-year-old sister Karen disappeared from their suburban home, the author was changed forever. My Sister Life maps the story of two castaways from American suburbia who, while apart from each other, live mysteriously parallel lives. With unrelenting realism and beguiling wit, Flook gives us an intimate account of her sister's life as a child prostitute, and of their coming of age in the 1960s--that surreal and wrenching moment of baby-boomer disenfranchisement, when the sexual revolution collided with the domestic fallout from the Vietnam War. From the ocean liners and Paris vacations of their refined upbringing to the gritty peepshows and adult theaters where they find jobs, the girls flee from a beautiful and tormented matriarch with secrets of her own. Her missing sister becomes Flook's secret heroine--the sole example to follow in her journey into womanhood. The sisters live in trailer parks. They are faced with sexual assault, car thefts, and petty crimes with unpredictable men. Escaping from an abusive Vietnam vet, Karen takes her toddler to join her sister, who is herself raising a baby on her own; it is the first time they are under the same roof since their childhood. Their unorthodox reunion allows the sisters to forge a life-saving bond. My Sister Life moves beyond biography or memoir to give us an astonishing vision of an American family--an authentic testimony to the defiant, undaunted faith between two sisters who connect after years apart.

Faith-Shaped Kids
Faith-Shaped Kids

Author: Stephen B. Bell

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Published: 2001-08-01

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1575678152

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Relationship is the greatest faith-shaping tool a parent possesses. Because kids learn about following Christ mostly from their parents, we have a huge responsibility to model authentic faith and its practice on a daily basis. Steve and Valerie Bell offer Faith-Shaped Kids as a practical tool to help parents maximize their relationship with their children in such a way as to draw them to faith. Filled with life lessons and useful suggestions, this resource helps readers ride out the roller-coaster ride called parenting. Faith-Shaped Kids is co-published with the Willow Creek Association (WCA). The WCA is affiliated with Willow Creek Community Church, the largest church in America, and serves thousands of pastors and Christian leaders through North America. Its primary goal is to foster local church transformation and vitality.

Living with B
Living with B

Author: Stephanie Caprini

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010-06-16

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0557498821

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At 21, Nicole has struggled with bulimia for six years. Desperate to overcome her addiction, or so she thinks, she seeks out Jake, a therapist, for help. She quickly learns her relationship with B- the persona created to embody this "thing" she fights with constantly - involves more than she anticipated. Yet, life doesn't wait for Nicole to overcome her problems and simultaneously bombards her with the stress of an end-of-year Christmas party, everyday eating worries, and a family vacation to London jeopardizing her grade in a class with an unforgiving professor. Suddenly, Nicole find her world flipped upside down...or maybe just temporarily sideways and backwards...and consumed by friends, family, school, therapy, and the ever-present, sometimes ironic, occasionally funny but usually just annoying voice of B inside her head. The question becomes, can she finally live without him? Nicole's story is a supportive, honest, reflective, and occasionally humorous look at what it takes to overcome an eating disorder.

Secrets, Lies & Chemical Compounds
Secrets, Lies & Chemical Compounds

Author: Sophia Denapoli

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2018-07-19

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1982201673

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Bernadetta DeVittoriaor Bernie, as her friends call heronce worked for the Renard Chemical Company. Thanks to a particularly nasty divorce, shes now looking to be hired back. She gets the job she wants but could not foresee the drama headed her way. It turns out Renard Chemical is currently undergoing a bitter legal battle with a number of litigants. These litigants want to see their pain and suffering recognized by Renard, legally and monetarily. Bernie, working for the legal department, is now in charge of making these claims disappear. While many have indeed suffered due to Renards dangerous KBCTG(r) product line, Bernie suffers, too. She has a horrible moral choice to make in this damage control campaign. As she investigates plaintiffs and other innocents sickened or killed due to Renard negligence, Bernie feels pulled in all directions. Does she do her job or follow her conscience? The outcome is completely in her hands. What happens when big business ignores responsible ethics for the sake of profit? People get hurt, but is it possible for Bernie to go after the big boys without destroying everything shes worked to get back?

The Kid Turned Out Fine
The Kid Turned Out Fine

Author: Paula Ford-Martin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-03-27

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1440518025

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Every parent knows that moment of recognition—and relief—that only another parent can provide when sharing confessions of parenting guilt. In this book, more than thirty mothers share their stories of all the things they might regret doing—and the happy knowledge that their kid turned out fine anyway!